Enhanced multiferroic properties of single-phase BiFeO3 bulk ceramics by Ho doping
Enhanced multiferroic properties of single-phase BiFeO3 bulk ceramics by Ho doping
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DOI:
10.1063/1.3552682
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发表时间:
2011-02-14
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4
通讯作者:
Kang, Suk-Joong L.
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作者:
Jeon, Nari;Rout, Dibyaranjan;Kang, Suk-Joong L.
Dense single-phase BiFeO3 and Bi0.9Ho0.1FeO3 ceramics were prepared by the solid-state reaction method. With Ho doping, the remnant polarization of BiFeO3 was enhanced and the switching characteristics improved at low electric fields. Ho doping increased the breakdown voltage with a reduction of the leakage current while mitigating the remnant polarization at high electric fields. These results can explain conflicting findings regarding the effects of rare-earth doping on remnant polarization. Bi0.9Ho0.1FeO3 exhibited peculiar double hysteresis looplike magnetization-magnetic field curves with a much enhanced remnant magnetization. These improved properties obtained by Ho doping demonstrate the possibility of enhancing the multiferroic applicability of BiFeO3. (C) 2011 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3552682]